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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 1980
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stuart E Reed, Deerfield, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Babcock & Wilcox Company, New Orleans, LA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ; B23K / ; B23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219 861 ; 219 66 ; 219119 ; 228 47 ;
Abstract
An instrumentation installation tool (30) for weldably attaching strain gages (20) or other instrumentation to the interior of a steam generator tube (42). The exterior surface of the section (32) is formed with four longitudinal grooves (32A, 36B, 36C and 38). A welding slot (44) is situated in one of the grooves (38). A ramp (46), oriented within the section (32) is in close proximity to the slot (44). Additionally, an elongated multitipped electrode (80) is slidably and coaxially disposed within the section (32).